Eye-Openers: 100 classic cocktails you should try

100 classic cocktails that Bobby Heugel — a bartender in Houston — says you should try. How many have you had already? [Alcademics]

A pretty photo tour of a meal at State Bird Provisions. [Serious Eats]

A 3-star review of Oakland’s Borgo Italia might have the most curious opening of a recent review: “Hot and steamy is my lingering impression of Borgo Italia, a new restaurant that specializes in home cooking from Liguria, Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. And it’s not because the Oakland restaurant is run by three hunky Italians…” [BA News Group]

From the national scene:

Comparing dishes from Mission Chinese Food in New York and San Francisco. [Village Voice]

Restaurants have been slow to curb food waste: “‘Food waste is huge,’ says [Jean] Schwab, a senior analyst in the waste division at the Environmental Protection Agency. ‘Food waste is now the No. 1 material that goes into landfills and incinerators.'” [NPR]